Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

तेषामज्ञाननाशः स्याज्ज्ञानमप्युदयं लभेत् । स्वमंत्रेण समाकृष्टे तत्र तीर्थत्रये मुनिः

Transliteration

teṣāmajñānanāśaḥ syājjñānamapyudayaṃ labhet | svamaṃtreṇa samākṛṣṭe tatra tīrthatraye muniḥ

Translation

Pour eux, l’ignorance est détruite et la connaissance s’élève en eux. Là, dans la triade de tīrthas attirée par son propre mantra, demeurait le muni Raikva.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), बहुवचन

• अज्ञाननाशः: destruction of ignorance
• अज्ञाननाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान-नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अज्ञानस्य नाशः)

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta/ Karma (Subject/Object by context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• उदयम्: rise, manifestation
• उदयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Potential), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वमन्त्रेण: by his own mantra
• स्वमन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वः मन्त्रः)

• समाकृष्टे: when (it is) drawn together/attracted
• समाकृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√कृष् (धातु) → समाकृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• तीर्थत्रये: in the three tīrthas
• तीर्थत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Setukhaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raikva-mantra-samākṛṣṭa Tīrthatraya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe in three clear pools; above them, a subtle lotus-like radiance symbolizes jñāna arising; Raikva sits nearby in calm meditation, indicating the tīrtha is ‘drawn’ and sustained by mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Raikva
• Tīrthatraya
• Muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā and saintly power support inner transformation—ajñāna falls away and jñāna naturally dawns.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tīrthatraya in Setukhaṇḍa, associated with Raikva’s mantra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: bathing/visiting the tīrthatraya as a means to remove ignorance and gain knowledge.